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Boy oh boy! I unexpectedly got an Eastwood Mandostang for Christmas and I'm having a blast! For some reason, I jumped right into playing jazz standards (I used to study jazz guitar back in the day)...

means "We are here" or "We are there", so here we are


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOXm5s23bA

Christy Moore celebrated Jack's World Cup victories with Ireland by turning the BBC Match of the Day theme tune into an Irish jig:


https://youtu.be/efibHMLQcos

Here's one of the tunes you'll see if you come by online to dig our Live at Studio5 Online Concert tomorrow night. In addition to video highlights the show features the artist and hosts offering...

Here’s a fiairly new tune I wrote called Over and Out. It basically a blues with a bridge, in the key of F. I made a simple iPhone video of myself playing the melody and the very talented Aaron...

She is, without a doubt, one of the finest jazz musicians on mandolin. It certainly is tasty! Hot Fudge Sunday and chocolate chip cookies TASTY!

She is a great advocate for the mandolin. Here's...

Well, it could always be worse...

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Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve (Op. 7 No. 1)

Although written as a song with piano accompaniment, this piece is commonly played on cello. For my instrumental adaptation, I have played the melody on...

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Hey Friends, long time no see, hope you all are well. Transcribed this last year for Steve Smith's mando camp, made a youtube video after and have had a few requests for the transcription. Thought...

Today is the 25th anniversary of Jule Styne's passing. Here's one of his songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0s1sCB83s

"The Great Pretender" was a big hit for The Platters in 1955, written by their manager, Buck Ram. Freddie Mercury also had a hit with it in the 1980s, but my favourite version is Richard Manual...

I've been a fan of the mandolin arrangements of Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni for a long time, and with the release of her third volume of her "Big Book For Mandolins" (Link), she has extended her range...

The next video in my monthly attempt at Bach pieces. Th G Minor Fugue! Picked a hard one for the shortest month, go figure :whistling:





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With very much mixed emotions, I’m announcing the JazzMando website will be shutting down permanently in the next few weeks. It’s been a good run, nearly two decades, but the cost of upgrading its...

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My band released a new EP today.
Check it out at our website:
https://chezcoucouswing.com/music

or on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-271625130/sets/coucou-ep

Hope you like it!...

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Here's a new, brief, extemporaneous chord melody for those who may be interested:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ZzZS3F-_Y

Should've posted this yesterday - I've already put it up over at the Song A Week Social group, but just in case anyone isn't a member over there, here's a nice East Galway reel called "Christmas...

In the "favorite Electric Mandolin Albums or Artists?" thread there was this video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQirZW085I

First of all ... WOW. Very cool stuff.

So, my question......

Here is our version of this beautiful Sicilian song.
Hope you like it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3dQ-iCIhkI&feature=youtu.be

Ragtime played slooooow and gentle.

Arranged for quartet of 2 mandolins, 8ve mandola and guitar.

I have used the mandola mainly to emphasise the bass line. The piece could be played (with minor...

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Hi -- Maria and the Mudkatz doing Horace Silver's "Song For My Father" via email tracks back and forth.

It's long.

Maria Valsi - vocal
Hal Pettit - guitar(s)
Gil Jusino - bass...